Summary of Case: A parish priest of the archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis for 25 years, Dudley was made an Auxilliary bishop of the archdiocese in 1977, then elevated to bishop of the Sioux Falls diocese in 1978. He retired in 1995 to his hometown of Northfield, MN. In 1999 a woman accused Dudley of having molested her in the 1970s. It was after he was accused in 2002 of having fondled an altar boy in the 1950s that Dudley resigned from ministry, vowing to return when he was exonerated. He strongly denied all allegations. A second woman came forward in 2002 alleging innapropriate behavior toward her by Dudley in the 1960s. An investigator hired by the archdiocese could not substantiate the accusations. Dudley died in November 2006.

• In 2002 a woman came forward to allege that Dudley behaved "inappropriately" toward her in a public place in the 1960s.

MN

2/2

St. Patrick's had a school with 646-585 students.

1967

1972

St. Edward's

Bloomington

MN

1/1, 1/2

1972

John Robert Roach replaced Binz (1975-1995)

1977

Our Lady of the Lake

Mound

• Dudley was accused by a woman in 1999 of having sexually abused her in the 1970s at Our Lady of the Lake. An archdiocesan representative stated in 2002 that they tried to contact the woman, but were unsuccessful.

MN

1/2, 1/3

Dudley was appointed St. Paul and Minneapolis Auxilliary Bishop Nov. 16, 1976. His Episcopal ordination was Jan. 25, 1977.

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